PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ty Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Curtis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gangstas Paradise. Ty Curtis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Curtis
vs
De Groot

200 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ty Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lars De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curtis blocks a head kick by De Groot.
De Groot buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Curtis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Groot.
Curtis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Groot. De Groot obviously looking to wear him down.
Curtis fails in his attempt to clinch.

Curtis moves into the clinch.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Groot tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Curtis pushes De Groot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis presses De Groot against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Curtis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
De Groot is struggling to control the position.
De Groot is looking to control Curtis's arms but Curtis gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Groot has his back to the cage.
Curtis lands with a left to the head.
De Groot is trying to stall.
Curtis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis just leaning against De Groot, taking a breather.
Curtis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Curtis wants to get back to striking at distance but De Groot won't allow it.
Curtis throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Curtis.
De Groot is looking to control Curtis's arms but Curtis gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Groot has his back to the cage.
De Groot prevents a body shot from Curtis.
De Groot wants to stall.
De Groot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curtis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curtis.
Curtis avoiding damage as De Groot throws knees to the body.
Curtis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Groot throws an elbow but it misses.
De Groot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Curtis digs a right hand into De Groot's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Groot's gas tank.
De Groot missing with knees to the body.
Curtis lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis is pushing De Groot up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Curtis scores with a shoulder strike.
De Groot taking a breather.
Curtis effectively controlling the action here.
Curtis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Curtis.
Curtis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Groot is defending well for now.
Curtis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Groots head.
Curtis pushes De Groot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis misses with some punches.
Curtis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Groot trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Curtis misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curtis just leaning against De Groot, taking a breather.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Curtis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Groot trying to land knees to the body.
Curtis is struggling to control the position.
Curtis scores with a shoulder strike.
De Groot tries to break free but Curtis pushes him back against the cage.
Curtis is working De Groot over against the cage.
De Groot tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
De Groot is looking to break free of the clinch but Curtis has double underhooks.
De Groot is trying to stall.
Curtis misses with an elbow over the top.
De Groot using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curtis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Groot looking to stall.
Curtis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Groot.
Curtis lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Groot backwards.
Curtis misses with a knee strike.
Curtis misses with the head strike.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Groot blocks an uppercut.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Curtis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Curtis works on De Groot's body with a couple of short punches.
Curtis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Curtis misses with a knee to the head.
De Groot blocking some punches.
De Groot looking to stall.
De Groot seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Curtis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Curtis clinches with his opponent.
Curtis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Curtis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Groot working hard to break the clinch.
De Groot blocking some punches.
Curtis missing with knees to the body.
Curtis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curtis tries to work over De Groot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Groot looking to stall.
Curtis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Groot wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Groot.
Curtis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Groot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as De Groot controls his hands.
Curtis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Curtis trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Curtis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Groot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Curtis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Curtis is trying to force a seperation but De Groot has the dominant position.
De Groot being controlled against the cage.
Curtis avoiding damage as De Groot throws knees to the body.
Curtis lands a hook that snaps the head of De Groot backwards.
Curtis blocks an elbow strike from De Groot.
Curtis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De Groot up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Curtis.
De Groot blocks an uppercut.
De Groot has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Groot is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but De Groot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis scores with a hook to the body.
Curtis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Groot avoids it.
Curtis gets through De Groot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Curtis prevents De Groot from breaking the clinch.
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but De Groot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Groot manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Curtis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
De Groot trying to stall but Curtis improves his position.
De Groot has Curtis pressed against the cage, preventing Curtis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Curtis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
De Groot is trying to stall.
De Groot throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis slowing the pace effectively.
Curtis seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Curtis swings wildly with an uppercut but De Groot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Curtis taking a breather.
Curtis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Curtis pushes off an throws an elbow but De Groot leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Curtis lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Groot taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Groot letting Curtis take a breather here.
Curtis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Curtis managing to block the knees to the body from De Groot.
Curtis lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Curtis just leaning against De Groot, taking a breather.
De Groot has Curtis pressed against the cage, preventing Curtis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Groot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Curtis avoids it.
Curtis digs a right hand into De Groot's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Groot's gas tank.
De Groot taking a breather.
De Groot blocks the elbow strike.
Curtis scores with a shot to the side of De Groot's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Groot.
Curtis looking to throw knees to the head but De Groot is blocking nicely.
Curtis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Groot tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Curtis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Curtis.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Curtis missing with knees to the body.
De Groot wants to break free but Curtis has control.
De Groot looking to stall.
Curtis lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Curtis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

De Groot chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Groot throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Groot connects with a solid leg kick.
Curtis moves out of range as De Groot throws a body kick.
Curtis moves out of range as De Groot throws a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Groot.
Good leg kick by De Groot there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Curtis throws a series of punches but De Groot moves out of range.
De Groot explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
De Groot dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curtis. That did some damage!
De Groot feints and then cracks Curtis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Curtis down.
Curtis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Curtis tries to close the distance and clinch but De Groot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Groot throws a sloppy head kick and Curtis moves out of range easily.
De Groot connects with a solid leg kick.
Curtis tries to clinch there but De Groot circles away.
Curtis is looking to clinch but De Groot is avoiding it.
Curtis misses with an uppercut. De Groot saw that one coming.
Curtis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Curtis tries to clinch but De Groot is having none of it.
Curtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Groot swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Groot.
Nice body kick there by De Groot.
De Groot turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Groot throws a head kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Groot. That's going to slow Curtis down.

Curtis clinches with his opponent.
De Groot tries to break free but Curtis pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Curtis as the two fighters clinch.
De Groot is trying to stall.
De Groot trying to land knees to the body.
Curtis displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Groot up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Curtis fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Curtis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curtis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Groot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Curtis has De Groot pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Curtis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Groot misses with a knee strike.
De Groot taking a breather.
Curtis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Curtis misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Groot backwards.
A short right from Curtis on the inside.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis tries to break free but De Groot pushes him back against the cage.
Curtis is pushing De Groot up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Curtis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lars De Groot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis is struggling to control the position.
Curtis working hard to break the clinch.
De Groot tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Curtis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Curtis.
De Groot is trying to stall.
Curtis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Groot taking a breather.
Curtis avoiding damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Curtis.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
Ty Curtis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
De Groot blocks a body shot from Curtis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
De Groot is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on De Groot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Curtis displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Groot up against the cage.
De Groot blocks an elbow strike.
Curtis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Groot is trying to maintain a safe position but Curtis gets an underhook and turns De Groot into the cage.
Curtis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Curtis.
De Groot trying to control the position but instead, Curtis has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Groot into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Groot creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars De Groot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Curtis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ty Curtis!